Radeon R9 280X2 vs GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	445	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.55	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GP107	Tahiti
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	21 May 2018 (8 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	2048 ×2
Core clock speed	1392 MHz	950 MHz
Boost clock speed	1518 MHz	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	3,300 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	375 Watt
Texture fill rate	72.86	128.0 ×2
Floating-point processing power	2.332 TFLOPS	4.096 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs	24	32 ×2
TMUs	48	128 ×2
L1 Cache	288 KB	512 KB
L2 Cache	768 KB	768 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	315 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	3x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	3 GB ×2
Memory bus width	96 Bit	384 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	1752 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	84.1 GB/s	288.0 GB/s ×2

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.170
CUDA	6.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	375 Watt